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APS-C Compact Camera?We received a small comment that Canon will finally resurrect the “Pro” moniker for a PowerShot camera soon. The Canon PowerShot Pro1 was a very popular enthusiast compact camera that was launched in 2004.

The camera will apparently be called the Canon PowerShot Pro1X and will have the same 18mp sensor as the Canon EOS Rebel T4i/650D and EOS-M.

It would be weird to have both this camera and the G1X in the lineup at the same time.

In 2004, Canon announced the Pro 1 on Feb 9th and the G6 on Aug 19th. It's not impossible for both cameras to co-exist at the same time.

I am not surprised by Canon's move to introduce another APS-C compact camera. In their latest financial report:http://www.canon.com/ir/results/2012/rslt2012q2e.pdfthey state "As for compact digital cameras, models launched this spring offering high image quality and networking capabilities have supported healthy sales growth."

Canon has too many High-end compact systems already. I doubt this one will amount to anything.

My thoughts exactly. So they'd have a G1x that retails at $800 w a smaller sensor. The eos-m at $800 with the aps-c sensor, the t4i body at 849, and then this in that price range as well? Gonna confuse the hell out of consumers

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Gman

however I have to agree with an earlier post:'It would be weird to have both this camera and the G1X in the lineup at the same time'.not to mention that it would be confusing to have a G1X and a Pro1X so close together in the lineup surely the X has been used too much lately and is getting a bit past it's prime?